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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt">The 6-8<sup>
</sup>grade and 9-12<sup> </sup>grade lists are complete. </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">3-5<sup>th</sup> OBOB Title Selection Committee will be choosing their last three titles by
<b>the end of March.</b></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt">The Almost Final Lists for 2018
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt">Oregon Battle of the Books Reading Lists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Note: These are preliminary lists—title and author conventions may be adjusted.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>3-5 Division<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Blast-off!</b> By Nate Ball<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity</b> by Mac Barnett<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dash</b> by Kirby Larson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Door by the Staircase</b> by Katherine Marsh<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ella Enchanted</b> by Gail Carson Levine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Esperanza Rising</b> by Pam Mu<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ñ</span>oz Ryan<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980</b> by Lauren Tarshis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Masterpiece</b> by Elise Broach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>My Life in Dog Years</b> by Gary Paulsen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Poppy</b> by Avi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Red Pencil</b> by Andrea Davis Pinkney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>We the Children</b> by Andrew Clements<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Wild Wings</b> by Gill Lewis<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">3-5 will choose their final
<b>three</b> titles by the end of March.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>6-8 Division</u> (Final)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Fallout</b> by Gwenda Bond<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Found</b> by Margaret Peterson Haddix<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hoot</b> by Carl Hiaasen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>I Am Princess X</b> by Cherie Priest<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Kalahari</b> by Jessica Khoury<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Lightning Queen</b> by Laura Resau<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Lost in the Sun</b> by Lisa Graff<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Mark of the Dragonfly</b> by Jaleigh Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Popular: A Memoir </b>by Maya Van Wagenen <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Paperback title: Popular: How a Geek in Pearls Discovered the Secret to Confidence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Hardcover title: Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rebel Mechanics</b> by Shanna Swendson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Running Dream</b> by Wendelin Van Draanen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Schooled</b> by Gordon Korman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Seventh Most Important Thing</b> by Shelley Pearsall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Thief</b> by Megan Whalen Turner<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Turn of the Tide</b> by Rosanne Parry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The War that Saved My Life</b> by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>9-12 Division</u> (Final)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Amulet of Samarkand</b> by Jonathan Stroud<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Girl of Fire and Thorns</b> by Rae Carson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Indigo Notebook</b> by Laura Resau<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ink and Bone</b> by Rachel Caine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Just Mercy</b> by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bryan-Stevenson/e/B00L29LBDI/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1487614049&sr=1-1">
<span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Bryan Stevenson</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Outrun the Moon</b> by Stacey Lee<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly</b> by Stephanie Oakes (mature content)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Spare Parts</b> by Joshua Davis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Steep and Thorny Way</b> by Cat Winters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Uncaged</b> by John Sandford and Michele Cook<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When I Was the Greatest</b> by Jason Reynolds<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Wrath and the Dawn</b> by Ren<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">é</span>e Ahdieh<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Jennifer Thompson</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D">OBOB </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Title Selection Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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